Orion Performs Lunar Flyby, Closest Outbound Approach to the Moon
On Monday, the sixth day into the Artemis I mission, Orion made a lunar flyby and successfully completed its fourth orbital trajectory correction burn using the auxiliary engines at 1:44 a.m. CST ahead the first of two maneuvers required to enter a distant retrograde orbit around the Moon. The first three trajectory correction burns provided an opportun…
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